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Monday, July 25, 2011

Well Good Morning! Another week has flown by in the blink of an eye! So now, it's time for another Cupcake...

Thank you so much for showing us your stars last week. It looks like you love them as much as we do. It was lovely to see what you created. In the end, I couldn't choose just five Cupcake Cuties, so this week, there are six!

And I have some more happy news. At the beginning of August, I am delighted to tell you that we will be joined by a fabulous new Cupcake. Maarit Guest Designed for us earlier this year and often plays along. I just know you are going to love her work as much as we do.

This weeks Challenge has been chosen by our lovely Sunshine, Sari:

... Shabby Sparkle ...

If it's shabby and it sparkles, then we'd love to see what you've made! (Stars, Sunshine, Sparkle, we've got it all here!)

You have until 8pm, GMT on Sunday 31 July to place your entry for this challenge. Have fun!

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We have a Winner for last weeks sponsored Challenge and we’ve also chosen our (Six) Cupcake Cuties.

Congratulations Lyn, you win a £10 Gift Voucher to spend with last weeks super sponsor, Crafty Emma's Store. (So jealous!) Could you please e-mail me by Sunday 31 July so I can arrange for you to receive your prize? If the prize is not claimed by then, another winner will be chosen.

Congratulations girls, you can pick up the Cupcake Cutie badge below... we hope you will display it on your Blogs with pride!

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This week we are delighted to be joined again by:

Sassy Studio Designs are offering one lucky winner, chosen at random, four digital images of their choice.

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Our Icing on the Cupcake sponsor this month is:

Polka Doodles are generously offering one lucky winner, chosen at random, a selection of four yummy Christmas themed Stamps:

It pains me to say this, but yep, it's time to start thinking about the 'C' word Folks! Eeeurgh!

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The Cupcakes are thrilled to be joined by a lovely Guest Cupcake... Shanna. Check out their gorgeous work, links are below if you fancy leaving some well deserved love...

DelphineDeniseDonnaFayeJaneLizaLouiseRachelSariShannaShellyA Few things to remember!Please leave a link to your blog post and not just your blog!Make sure that 'Cupcake Crafts' are linked in your post... if you don't mention us in your posting you will not be eligible for any prize(s) offered by our sponsors!Please only link to new entries - it isn't fair to backlink to older posts!

Monday, July 18, 2011

Well Hellio! How nice to see you on this fine, bright morning! Time for another Cupcake...

Thank you so, so much for playing along with our Pick Your Favourite Cupcake Challenge, it really made things special for us last week. It was lovely to see what you all chose and even better to see your gorgeous creations. :)

This weeks Challenge is for Poppit, who, has sadly left Cupcake. Poppit is hugely talented and we will miss her greatly. We wish you mahoosive success in the future. Don't be a stranger.So for Poppit:

... Wish Upon a Star ...

We'd like to see your projects including stars!

You have until 8pm, GMT on Sunday 24 July to place your entry for this challenge. Have fun!

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We have a Winner for last weeks sponsored Challenge and we’ve also chosen our Cupcake Cuties.

Congratulations Ruby, you win a £10 Gift Voucher to spend with last weeks wonderful sponsor, Lili of the Valley. (You lucky thing!) Could you please e-mail me by Sunday 24 July so I can arrange for you to receive your prize? If the prize is not claimed by then, another winner will be chosen.

Congratulations girls, you can pick up the Cupcake Cutie badge below... we hope you will display it on your Blogs with pride!

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This week we are delighted to be joined again by:

Crafty Emma's Store are offering one lucky winner, chosen at random, a £10 Gift Voucher to spend in the scrummy store:

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Our Icing on the Cupcake sponsor this month is:

Polka Doodles are generously offering one lucky winner, chosen at random, a selection of four yummy Christmas themed Stamps:

It pains me to say this, but yep, it's time to start thinking about the 'C' word Folks! Eeeurgh!

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The Cupcakes are thrilled to be joined by a lovely Guest Cupcake... Shanna. Check out their gorgeous work, links are below if you fancy leaving some well deserved love...

DeniseDonnaFayeJaneLizaLouiseRachelSariShannaShellyA Few things to remember!Please leave a link to your blog post and not just your blog!Make sure that 'Cupcake Crafts' are linked in your post... if you don't mention us in your posting you will not be eligible for any prize(s) offered by our sponsors!Please only link to new entries - it isn't fair to backlink to older posts!

Monday, July 11, 2011

Hello you lovely Cupcake Peeps! Happy Monday. :) It's a bit of a special post today as Cupcake hits 150 Challenges. Woohoo! So zoom the spotlight down, I have a little speech...

I'd like to thank The Wonderful Cupcakes, who all work so hard and give their time so generously. Not forgetting of course, our Guest Cupcakes who are always such a pleasure to have at The Cupcake Factory, even if for a short while, and all our past Cupcakes, a little wave for you. Thanks also to all our fantastic Sponsors, you've been so kind. And then there is a mahoosive thank you to everyone that plays along with us, week after week. We couldn't do it withouth you.

So, to celebrate the Old Girl turning 150, this week, we thought we'd let you choose:

... Your Favourite Cupcake Challenge from the last 150 ...

To make things a little easier for you, if you scroll down to the post under this one, or just click here, you'll find a list of all of our Challenges. Don't worry if the numbers all look a bit crazy. I took out a number of duplicate Challenges. You may also notice a big jump in numbers. That's because I didn't want to confuse things too much by renaming some of the more recent Challenges. All the numbers match up to corresponding sketches and colour combos.

Don't forget to let us know which Challenge (number and name) you have chosen in your post, as you won't be eligible for any prizes if we can't see which one you're playing with.

You have until 8pm, GMT on Sunday 17 July to place your entry for this challenge. Have fun!

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We have a Winner for last weeks sponsored Challenge and we’ve also chosen our Cupcake Cuties.

Congratulations Ivette, you win a $20 Gift Certificate to spend with last weeks wonderful sponsor, Simon Says Stamp. Could you please e-mail me by Sunday 17 July so I can arrange for you to receive your prize? If the prize is not claimed by then, another winner will be chosen.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

With our Pick Your Favourite from the last 150 Challenge coming up, I thought I'd draw up a list of all the Challenges available. There aren't 149 anymore as I can't find all the Challenge information (I could so see when you started Donna!) and I've removed duplicates.

I will add this information as a post to Cupcake on the Sunday evening before this Challenge goes live and then link to it in the actual post.

1. Flowers2. Make an ATC3. Sketch

4. Sketch

5. Sketch

6. Turn Up The Heat: Use a technique involving heat or hot colours7. Sketch